http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/birth-collector Get the Most from Your Antiques & Collectibles Thu, 23 May 2013 13:04:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/birth-collector/comment-page-1#comment-133 tomcarrier Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:54:32 +0000 http://blog.worthpoint.com/?p=1383760#comment-133 That is a nice high relief of an early Great Seal of the United States just before it was redesigned by Bailey, Banks and Biddle in 1888 to the strong eagle version we see today. The legs are a dead giveaway because they still show a bit of the bent leg that came from the original Great Seal eagle of 1782. The top of the shield is escalloped rather than being straight across as the Great Seal is, but still a very nice 19c example. That is a nice high relief of an early Great Seal of the United States just before it was redesigned by Bailey, Banks and Biddle in 1888 to the strong eagle version we see today. The legs are a dead giveaway because they still show a bit of the bent leg that came from the original Great Seal eagle of 1782. The top of the shield is escalloped rather than being straight across as the Great Seal is, but still a very nice 19c example.

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